Sony and Google today announced plans to bring Google TV to the UK with the unveiling of Sony's NSZ-GS7 Internet Player with Google TV set-top box. The NSZ-GS7 will first be available in the United Kingdom, launching in July and priced at £200. However, the player won't be exclusive to Britain, as Sony also has plans to bring the player to North America, Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, and Mexico.
Already up for pre-order, the set-top box will launch in the United States next month and will be priced at $200. The player will allow you to search the web from your TV, stream content from the internet direct to your television, as well as download applications from the Google Play Store. Google said today that it plans to talk more about Google TV at Google I/O this week.
As for Sony, it plans to launch an additional device, the NSZ-GP9 Blu-ray Disc player with Google TV, in October. This will initially only be available in the United States, but additional launches are planned for Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Netherlands.
We'll be checking out Sony's Internet Player with Google TV later this week so stay tuned for hands on!